Baroness is a metal band that plays an eclectic brand of sludge, embracing the ferocity and sharp technique of new-millennium metal but with melodic accents and intelligent guitar work that suggests the influence of Indie, sludge and post-metal bands. Baroness formed in the Summer 2003 in Savannah, GA, United States with all members, past and present, hailing from Lexington, VA in the foothills of the mighty Blue Ridge Mountains.
Hardcore/Crust band from Canberra, Australia. In 2009 they have released a demo and a 7 inch titled "3 Nails and a Book of Flaws" on Midnight Funeral Music. They are about to release their first CD LP: ‘I: A Turn for the Worse’ on Common Bond Records
Whitehorse are based in Melbourne, Australia. They play slow, heavy, sludgey doom in the vein of Corrupted, Khanate etc. They have 3 self released CDs:
1. West of the Sun/Oceans Turn to Black (out of print)
2. Caverns (recorded for thier June/July 2005 Japan Tour)
3. Live at Sinkagura, Osaka Japan. Thier line-up is currently
Pete - Vocals
Yeap - Guitar
Emile - Drums
Grover - Squalls
Simon - Bass Past members:
Dase - Guitar (West of the Sun / Oceans Turn to Black cd only)
Brent - Guitar (Oceans / Caverns / Live in Japan cds)
current members : Kazuyuki KISHINO - lead vocals, guitar, kaosspad
(a.k.a. KK Null) Mitsuru TABATA - guitar
(Lenningrad Blues Machine, Acid Mothers Temple, etc) Tatsuya YOSHIDA - drums, vocals, kaosspad
(Ruins alone, Koenji Hyakkei, etc)
ZENI GEVA is a Japanese prog-hardcore band, led by singer and guitarist KK Null, one pioneering group of innovators and legends. ZENI GEVA was founded in Tokyo in 1987 and quickly found a dedicated fan base in Europe and the US.
Melvins are an American band that formed in Montesano, Washington in 1982. In the early days of their career their dark, heavy, oppressively slow sound made them innovators of genres like sludge, grunge, and doom metal. Melvins' music is influenced by Flipper, Black Flag's My War-era hardcore punk and Black Sabbath-style heavy metal, but their idiosyncratic approach, bizarre sense of humor, and experimentation make neat categorization difficult.
Philadelphia quartet Rosetta push the boundaries between metal, progressive rock, post-rock, space rock, and hardcore punk, employing an experimental songwriting technique filled with chaos and atmospherics. Their sounds range from Pink Floydian / progressive rock sonic layering to walls of pure static ambience to crushing, sweeping sludgey riffage. Their first album (The Galilean Satellites, 2005) was an especially ambitious project: the goal was to record two discs of equal length (one a metal album...
Ambient Black Metal/Doom from Melbourne, Australia. "I" Self Released Demo 2009 "Écru" An Out Recordings 2010 Info and show updates can be found at http://encirclingsea.wordpress.com
